Improved loop for harness



anmgm I @wat @like N Y GEORGE nl Dir` MNEY AND JAMEss.- HUsToN, or MEoHANIos-BURG,

PENNsYLVAN-ra.

- Laim raam wa'loaau, ama M@ 24, 1870;

`nvnaovan 4riool ron Bananes.

The Schedule `referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the as me To all whom #mag/concern: l

county of Cumberlandl and .State'of Pennsylvania,

have inventednewnnduseful Improvements'in Har-` ness Glasps; and wedo herebydeclfare that thefollowing is a full ande'actldescrjption thereof, ref'er` p `ence being hadl'to theaccompanying drawings and to i theletters of reference :marked-thereon.

` Figure 1 is` a perspective view of a strap and buckle, Figure 2 is aside' elcvatioir of the clasp. l i I Figure 3 isfa transverse view of the strap,wi-tl`1'the claspsecuring thev several layers in position.

The novelty Aof this` invention relates to the peculiarl method of securingbucklesto harness, straps, or tngs, by means of a'peculiar-shaped metallic clasp,

*that notouly securelyclasI s the ends ofthe straps around the bncklefbut se ves', also, asa very neat 'and ornamental loop orf keeper for the end of the `strap to rest under when bcckled, by which means the `old method of stitohiugt-hc; buckles on, as well as the loops or keepers, isfentirely dispensed Ywith, and a much moreeconomicalanfd durable' fastening is secured, 'as said clasps canfbe manufactured by machinery at a tiillngfcost, andifnrnished to the trade in quantity. y 'We will describe our-invention and mode of con- @struction as follows, touwit: i

The metallic clasp O iscoustructed' by proper Ina- `chinery, of form and shape to correspond to that shown in g.\2, the size of which may be varied to snit the different sizes of straps `that may be used.

Be itknown that we, GEolrGL. DU Lamu? and` JAMES S. `HUSTON,1both vof"Mechaniesburg, `in the In putting up harness by the use of the metallic clasp rest heavily against the upper surface-of the strapD, when theuprojecting ends of the shanks are turned outward and clinched in a parallel line with the shoulders of the clasp, as shown in iig. 3. By this Vmeans the several layers of straps, 1, 2, 3, figs. '1 and 3, are held securely and compactly in position between l the shoulders ofthe clasp, on top, and the ends of the shanks underneath the strap, while the space formed by the extended' curveor bowed part of the clasp answers asa loop or keeper for the end of the strap, after being buckled, thus serving the double purpose o l' securing the, buckle tothe stra-p and furnishing a i I neat, substantial, and ornamental loop or keeper for the end of the strap afterpassing through ,the buckle, v

as shown in fig. 1-.

Having thus described our invention,

What we desireto' secure by Letters UnitedStatesis- The metallic clasp C, when constructed as 'described Witnessesz R. WILSON, JOSEPH LEAs.

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